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by sunchild 15y ago
The debate about intelligence being a trait of nature vs. nurture is an academic debate, and not the takeaway here. What I took away from OP's story is that his friend "R" was a more useful source of lasting wisdom than his MIT instructors.
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by sunchild 15y ago
That's the "race to the bottom" effect in a market with low barriers to entry. Groupon's business is compiling and maintaining two lists: (1) a list of local businesses, and (2) a list of email subscribers. How it took billions of dollars a
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by sunchild 15y ago
For me, this read like a manifesto for making your hamster wheel spin as fast as the other hamsters. The OP's core message (i.e., that intelligence is not in-born, but is earned by self-discipline and hard work) seemed very myopic to me, a
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by sunchild 15y ago
I think you're confusing legal "precedent" with the colloquial meaning of the word. Isn't it obvious that I meant "precedent" in the sense of "a jury found this expert's testimony to be credible once, and therefore is likely to do so again"
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by sunchild 15y ago
Unfortunately, some of the most successful software vendors in the world have turned over-promising and risk-shifting into a way of life. For a million reasons, the market tolerates this injustice, and more often than not rewards it. It's
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by sunchild 15y ago
Right. If one expert can make a compelling case to a jury, that jury will set a precedent for future defense lawyers. In fact, I'd be surprised if it isn't already the case in some jurisdictions.
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by sunchild 15y ago
Indeed, even the old "Heaven to Hell" rule has been tossed in the past century: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuius_est_solum_eius_est_usque_...
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by sunchild 15y ago
Good point. I'm not sure if "airspace" actually means space that contains some quantum of "air", but even that falls apart pretty quickly.
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by sunchild 15y ago
I'm a Site5 customer. One of the things that I love about the company is that I can pretty much forget about it until I need to change something. None of the pushy upselling and other annoyances that are business as usual for so much of t
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by sunchild 15y ago
Actually, if I recall correctly, most nations consider all airspace above them to be within their national boundaries. Pretty stupid, I know, but probably one of those things that worked "well enough" until technology made it seem absurd. I
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by sunchild 15y ago
"...attempted takeover of the democratic process by industry" That pretty much sums up SOPA and PIPA too.
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by sunchild 15y ago
I think you're looking at downvote for not adding anything to the discussion. Anyone who has actually used Namecheap knows you're off base.
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by sunchild 15y ago
"None of my clients ever redistributed their software, most likely because they considered it a competitive advantage." This kind of thing can get really ugly in M&A situations. I love FOSS, but it can lead to some unexpected and unplea
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by sunchild 15y ago
I love how this guy's tweets are all him announcing what game he's playing until this controversy flared up. He must be pretty annoyed about the dent this is making in his non-stop gaming lifestyle.
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by sunchild 15y ago
One of the golden rules of Sicilian "organized crime syndicates" is that you never, ever introduce yourself as a member or as someone who is connected. It is a hard and fast requirement that you are introduced by someone else who is inside
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by sunchild 15y ago
"Also, as some people said before. This attack on Godaddy maybe a godsent diversion for SOPA supporters." Are you taking a position on this? Or are you content to just hint that others might possibly have done so elsewhere...maybe.
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by sunchild 15y ago
GoDaddy felt the brunt of direct action because: A) GoDaddy has nurtured a lot of ill will over the years, whether due to poor customer service, a sloppy user experience, or their absurd corporate culture of using bikini babes and right wi
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by sunchild 15y ago
What about alcohol? It was once illegal to consume in the United States. During that period, we created a violent "war" that enabled the criminal syndicates. Since lifting the prohibition, those criminal syndicates have moved on to other
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by sunchild 15y ago
The premise of the original post in this thread is fatally flawed – the livelihood of law enforcement, corrections officers, judges, lawyers, and everyone else does not depend on putting personal drug users in prison. They can keep their j
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by sunchild 15y ago
Replace "out of the job" with "back on jobs that actually further the best interests of the public", and your post starts to make sense.
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by sunchild 15y ago
I've always thought that reveal-on-hover controls makes perfect sense when you present a list of similar things. In that case, showing one edit button, one delete button, and possibly a detail button is too much noise. My basic rule is, if
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by sunchild 15y ago
Oh, please. This is a two way street. Ever tried backing up a bunch of Windows-based Office files to a Mac? Umpteen million temp files for each real file is a real win for users. See for yourself what kind of fun people are having with
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by sunchild 15y ago
I don't think Anon holds itself out as "elite hackers" at all. Most of the time, they're quite open about how easy their takedowns are from a technical perspective. It's usually basic XSS, etc. and reflects poorly on the targets, rather t
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by sunchild 15y ago
Again, it doesn't really matter. Most countries have laws and respect the rule of law. Same principle applies, except places where the rule of law doesn't hold.
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by sunchild 15y ago
There isn't anything special about the Internet in this context. Lots of laws are ambiguous. That's why, in the common law system, we have courts and precedent. You missed my point: either the standard is the law, or it's "we'll let you k
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by sunchild 15y ago
I don't disagree with point 1, but I will say that Namecheap has always been very good about warning me if a renewal is coming up. It's hard to miss their warnings if you've got some simple filters on your inbound email.
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by sunchild 15y ago
I wish more people would push back on these kinds of open-ended vague clauses in consumer agreements. When I represent big clients in arms-length negotiations, I usually take the position that my client will comply with laws – no more, no
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by sunchild 15y ago
Reminds me of the old strategy of hiring all the divorce lawyers in town so your wife can't find a good one.
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by sunchild 15y ago
I don't have domains with GoDaddy, but I did turn off autorenew for my one and only SSL cert through them.
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by sunchild 15y ago
A threatens to shoot B. B is armed, but has no chance because C is also aiming a gun at B. D-Z take out C. B has a better chance.

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